Derek Randall
Derek William Randall
Born: 24 February 1951, Retford, Nottinghamshire
Major Teams: Nottinghamshire, Suffolk, England.
Known As: Derek Randall
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Test Debut: England v India at Calcutta, 2nd Test, 1976/77
Last Test: England v West Indies at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1984
ODI Debut: England v West Indies at Lord's, Prudential Trophy, 1976
Last ODI: England v Australia at Sharjah, Rothmans Four-Nations Cup, 1984/85
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1980
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 47 79 5 2470 174 33.37 43.91 7 12 31 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 16 0 3 0 - - 0 0 - 1.12
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 49 45 5 1067 88 26.67 62.69 0 5 25 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 0.2 0 2 1 2.00 1-2 0 0 2.0 6.00
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1972 - 1993)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 488 827 81 28456 237 38.14 52 161 361 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 489 4 413 13 31.76 3-15 0 0 37.6 5.06
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(career: 1971 - 2000)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 467 442 61 12300 149* 32.28 6 75 156 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 36 39 1 39.00 1-2 0 0 36.0 6.50
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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It was said of Derek Randall that he could catch swallows. Watching him
patrolling the covers, you could almost believe it. It was his anticipation
and speed over the ground rather than strength of arm that made him such a
wonderful fielder - he would often run batsmen out simply by outpacing them
to the wicket and whipping off the bails. With Randall on one side of the
wicket and David Gower on the other, few batsmen chanced quick singles
against England.
But there was more to Randall than his fielding. There was his
spectacular, eccentric batting too. His Test record of 2,470 runs in 47
matches at an average of just over 33 betrays a lack of consistency, but
when he was good, he was very, very good. There was his match-winning knock
in Sydney in 1979 when, with England trailing after the first innings by 142
runs, Randall held the second innings together with a magnificent 150. But
that was against an Australian side depleted by the Packer ban. On a
different plain altogether was his 174 in 1977 in the Centenary Test against
a strong Australia side in Melbourne. With England chasing an improbable 463
to win, Randall took them unbelievably close - doffing his cap to the mighty
Dennis Lillee in the process after just evading a bouncer - but in the end
their valiant chase fell 46 runs short.
Randall, known as Arkle after the racehorse, was seldom far from the
drama. His lightning run-out of Rick McCosker in the Test when England
clinched the Ashes at Headingley in 1977 amazed all who witnessed it. And in
the previous Test at his home ground of Trent Bridge he had been
ridiculously run out himself, stranded by Geoffrey Boycott at the other end.
Boycott went on to make amends by hitting his 99th first-class century,
followed by his 100th at Leeds in the next game. In the one-day game,
Randall's fielding came even more to the fore and he became a one-day
regular, playing in the World Cup Final defeat at the hands of the West
Indies at Lord's in 1979.
In Randall's Nottinghamshire career, which lasted from 1972 to 1983, he
hit 1,000 runs in a season eight times and scored two double centuries. His
highest score of 209 against Middlesex in 1979 was accompanied by 146 in the
same game. Even at the ripe old age of 49, he was turning out for Suffolk in
the 2000 season and played in the NatWest Trophy. He was also coach of
Cambridge University. (Graham Holburn, Copyright CricInfo 2001)
Last Updated: Tuesday, 29-Oct-2002 22:49:12 GMT
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